2025 Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

If you plan on getting your master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #103 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for linguistics & comparative literature students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 68 master's degrees in linguistics & comparative literature to qualified students.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to linguistics & comparative literature students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other linguistics & comparative literature students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for linguistics & comparative literature to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized linguistics & comparative literature related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for linguistics & comparative literature students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Linguistics & Comparative Literature in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature.

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in Comparative Literature

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

18 Annual Graduates

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

12 Annual Graduates

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in linguistics & comparative literature. SIUC is a large public university located in the town of Carbondale.More information about a master’s in linguistics & comparative literature from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Linguistics & Comparative Literature Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	211	27
Ohio	207	41
Indiana	191	24
Wisconsin	173	17

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Rankings in Majors Related to Comparative Literature

Linguistics & Comparative Literature is one of 18 different types of Foreign Languages & Linguistics programs to choose from.

Comparative Literature Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Linguistics	52
Language Translation	14
Comparative Literature	2

Majors Similar to Comparative Literature

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Romance Languages	39
Classical Languages & Literature	7
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	6
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	6
East Asian Languages	5
South Asian Languages	5
Germanic Languages	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty. More about our data sources and methodologies.